Sometimes for fun, I enjoy blackmailing my friends with old pictures of us and threatening to leak them on social media. It would be more dramatic to say “Stop the presses!” but I don’t have that kind of power. In the 90s, disposable cameras were all the rage. You could find them while standing in… Continue reading What’s in a Picture
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A Case for the Awkward (p.I)
Elmont “Smile for me now—it will not work,” he said in a firm voice. This came from my silver-haired fox coworker in Elmont, NY. Most people have never heard of Elmont; it’s a border town of Queens, NY, and officially the start of Long Island, NY. I like to think of Long Island as the… Continue reading A Case for the Awkward (p.I)
Mother’s story (pI)
FEB 23.2024 Her story is not unique, but one that needs to be told. Her memories of her encounter with America were soldiers stationed in South Korea. She is my mother. She gleefully tells me, “Younga, the first time I spoke English was to ask the soldiers for gum; they always gave away candy to… Continue reading Mother’s story (pI)